How To Place A Trade With FXCM Markets: Platforms

Forex Capital Markets, or FXCM, is a global provider of foreign exchange (forex) trading and related services to retail and institutional investors worldwide. With its "No Dealing Desk" policy, the company's clients benefit from competitive spreads on major currency pairs when using the FXCM Trading Station or supported MetaTrader 4 (MT4) software.

FXCM's PlatformsFXCM offers three types of platforms to forex traders, including an online, desktop and mobile solution. Experienced traders will also appreciate that the broker supports the use of MT4, which is a popular broker-agnostic forex trading application supporting customized programming and trading system functionality.

The FXCM Trading Station, available both online and offline as a downloadable software application, offers traders access to real-time trading in more than two dozen major currency pairs, charting/technical analysis functionality, account positions and messages, and much more in a package that can be run on almost any Internet connected computer.

MetaTrader 4 is a cutting-edge online trading platform offering more than 79 analytical tools, 21 timeframes for each market security, and up to 100 charts open at the same time. Moreover, traders can create their own technical indicators using the MQL programming language, as well as download and share trading strategies created by others.